First aid kit



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Attomey Patented June 30, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

The present invention relates to a first aid kit and has for its prime object to provide compact and easily accessible first aid means which may be readily and conveniently carried about.

5 Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, thoroughly reliable in use, handy and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detailed view showing one end of the hollow drum.

Figure 4 is a somewhat similar view showing an intermediate portion of the hollow drum.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a drum or hollow cylindrical tube one end of which tapers inwardly as indicated at 6 and the other end of which is provided with a plurality of tongues 1 adapted to be bent over the bottom end of a bottle 8 of mercurochrome or other disinfectant liquid used in emergency cases. The neck of the bottle protrudes through the opening in the tapered end 6 and. a removable closure 9 is on the adjacent end of the bottle or container 8.

A plurality of tongues T are struck from the tube 5 and hold in place disks Ill-Ill and II. The disks III-l and the tube form a spool for emergency bandage while the tube and the disks l l and the adjacent disk I 0 provide a spool of adhesive tape.

The disks ill-l0 and II are held in place by the tongues T. These tongues T are struck from the tube 5 and include outwardly radiating portions [5 and longitudinally disposed portions I6, and inwardly disposed portions ll. The portions l6 extend through openings in the disks l0|0 and II.

From the above detailed description it will be seen that I have devised an exceedingly compact and eificient combination providing an emergency kit. The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features 5 of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and ar- 10 rangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its. advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is 15 claimed as new is:

l. A device of the class described including a hollow tube having tongues struck therefrom, discs on the tube having openings, said tongues being curved to extend though said openings to 20 hold the disks on the tube, one end of the tube being tapered to receive the neck portion of a bottle, the other end of the tube having tongues to extend over the bottom of the bottle to hold the same in the tube.

2. A bandage. and tape spool having a hub of a shape and construction to receive a container axially inserted thereinto through one end of the hub, and also having means at its respective opposite ends engageable with the container and serving to retain the latter within the hub against axial displacement.

3. A bandage and tape spool having in combination, a hollow hub open at its respective opposite ends, and having one end tapered to accommodate the neck of a bottle, and also having at its opposite end tongues engageable with the bottom of the bottle to retain the latter within said hub.

4. A first-aid kit consisting of a combination bandage and tape spool having a hub, and a medicinal container fitting snugly within said hub; said hub having a shape complemental to the container and said container having a neck projecting outwardly through one end of the hub.

5. A first aid kit consisting of a bandage and/or tape spool characterized by a hollow open-ended hub, and a medicinal bottle confined within said hub and having a neck projecting outwardly beyond one end of the hub, said hub and bottle being complementarily shaped and axially assembled.

HARRY E. MUSE. 

